Cleaning electrical connections

[Geezer]

Re: Re: solder

Those connectors are availble, just replace them and this time pack them with dielectric grease so they won't corrode and fry again.

Geezer

[mainlylinux]

to late, I already ditched the entire harness and started over from scratch :-)

My bike didn't have turn signals on it and the harness already had a lot of modifications so I figured it might turn out cleaner to start fresh with all new wire and everything.

You guys that are doing regular maint. to your harness are probably helping to prevent what happened to mine. If mine had been pampered over the years chances are it would be in tip top shape still.

But that's ok, doing the stuff is half the fun for me anyway. About 15 years ago a friend and I went to florida to check out the school MMI (motorcycle mechanics institute). It was expensive to attend (for us at the time!) and the motorcycle shops paid their mechanics like $7-$8 an hour. All the mechanics we talked to said "don't do it, job market sucks". It was a neat looking school though.

Dan

[Geezer]

The maintainance doesn't have to be regular. Yamaha didn't use any dielectric grease on the connectors from the factory. Assuming the conectors are in good shape, clean and grease them once and you're done.

Geezer

[GNEPIG]

from Geezer

Assuming the conectors are in good shape, clean and grease them once and you're done.

.. Yeah, what he said, unless you wash your bike alot with harsh grease cutting soaps [S-100], or your bike sits out side alot exposed to the weather.. either way this fix will last longer than most of us will own our bikes

[Geezer]

Originally posted by GNEPIG
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.. Yeah, what he said, unless you wash your bike alot with harsh grease cutting soaps [S-100], or your bike sits out side alot exposed to the weather.. either way this fix will last longer than most of us will own our bikes

You would have to dip the bike in solvent to wash the grease out of a properly packed electrical connector and by then you would have desolved about half of the plastic plugs (some aren't solvent tolerant at all.) If you do it right, you only need to do it once...

Geezer.